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The Made in America festival is a multicultural platform that represents strength, freedom of speech, and perseverance for artists and music lovers. Philadelphia, an iconic city, represents those ideals. The location is integral to the pulse of the festival. The [Benjamin Franklin] Parkway is a cultural arts center that is symbolic to the more than […]
Philly.com- In the wake of a stunning news conference in which Donald Trump kowtowed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the president is now walking back his pro-Russia remarks and claiming he believes that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But in my view, the damage is already done, and the focus must now turn […]
Part 2 of Solomon Jones’ interview with Former Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode. Mayor Goode shares what he believes is the purpose of his book, “Black Voters Mattered: A Philadelphia Story.” Goode breaks down how he built his campaign from the ground up with a grassroots formula and researching opponents. These are necessary components to win an […]
Philly.com- A 14-year-old boy was killed in a shooting overnight in North Philadelphia that left three other boys and a man wounded, officials said. Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said possibly two shooters were involved in the bloodshed on the 2100 block of North 4th Street and that investigators had a possible name for one of […]
Actress, author and entrepreneur Vivica A. Fox called into Your Voice with Solomon Jones to talk about the Sistahs In Business Expo at Temple University and her new book “Every Day I’m Hustling.” Solomon, in particular, expressed his joy for the phrase every day I’m husting by saying, in part, “I love the title because I’m […]
City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart joined us this morning on Your Voice with Solomon Jones. She’s preparing to do the second major audit of PPA operations in a year. The street parking enforcement division brought in $135 million in fiscal year 2017, according to PPA data. Of that, about $37.4 million went to the city and […]
Former Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode joined us on Your Voice to talk about his new book, “Black Voters Mattered: A Philadelphia Story.” Goode breaks down the importance of black voters in Philadelphia over time, from the 1970’s to the 2015 election of Mayor Jim Kenney. There was a voter turnout of over 70% for Goode, but […]
Your Voice Exclusive: Aisha Taylor Issah Talks This Weekend’s #SistahsInBusinessExpo! #SIBEXPOPHILLY
Aisha Taylor Issah joined us on Your Voice to talk the Sistah’s In Business Expo. It’s going down this weekend, July 14th at Temple University’s Howard Gittis Student Center from 10 AM- 5 PM. We’re super excited because Cathy Hughes, our founder, and chairperson of Urban One will hold an exclusive conversation with WRNB Philly’s […]
Democratic Senator Vincent Hughes joined us this morning on Your Voice to discuss California senator Maxine Waters and the attempt to expel her from Congress. Congresswoman Waters, who has been extremely vocal on President Donald Trump and his staff, is now being targeted for allegedly inciting ‘mob violence’ against Trump and his administration. Recently Congresswoman […]
Civil rights lawyer Paul Hetznecker joined us this morning on Your Voice to discuss President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. Yesterday Trump announced conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh would replace Justice Kennedy on the supreme court. Kavanaugh, 53 will serve as a majority conservative, which will put many civil rights issues at risk. Hetznecker breaks […]
Philly.com- Local governance of the School District of Philadelphia is here. To applause and cheers, the city’s new, nine-member Board of Education held its first public meeting on a “historic” Monday night, as Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. termed it — seven months after Mayor Kenney announced the city was taking back control of its schools. A crowd that roundly […]
Mayor Kenney faced a backlash from progressives after police officers on Thursday bike-dozed a modest encampment of protesters trying to shut down access to a local office for the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The mayor, who has held plenty of high-profile news conferences in City Hall to decry President Trump’s zero tolerance on immigration, […]